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PS 135, Queens, wins #PublicSchoolProud award
The members of PS 135 in Queens talk about how they brought their school community together to create a #PublicSchoolProud video to the tune of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy.” “The one thing I want people to truly understand is that teachers care,” says...Katz endorsed in primary on June 25
The UFT Delegate Assembly on May 22 overwhelmingly voted to endorse Queens Borough President Melinda Katz in the special Democratic primary for Queens district attorney scheduled for June 25.
Linda Stevens
Linda Stevens was a UFT member for 37 years and taught fifth grade at PS 4 in Queens.
Anne Bush
Anne Bush was a proud member of the UFT for over 3 decades, ending her long career as a teacher for gifted and talented kindergarten students at PS 153 in Queens.
Kudos to Lucas Rule, Pathways College Preparatory School, Queens
Chapter Leader Lucas Rule knows he is fortunate to have a collaborative working relationship with his principal at Pathways College Preparatory School, a grades 6–12 school in St. Albans, Queens. But when one of his members struggled to resolve a...
Fun to spare
More than 250 high school educators from across Queens turned out at Whitestone Lanes in Flushing on March 15 for a night of talking shop and having fun at the bowling lanes.
A model for success
The story of how Long Island City HS turned around bodes well for the Bronx Collaborative Schools Plan, a new program to support schools facing the greatest challenges.
Hydroponic harvest in Queens
What started in October with one tray of basil at PS 349 in Jamaica, Queens, has grown into a hydroponics greenhouse, now ripe with fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, basil and parsley.
Marion Silton
Marion Silton was an educator for many years, most recently working as the acting assistant principal of administration and organization on an interim basis at John Bowne HS in Queens.
Kudos to Melissa Alvarez, John Bowne HS in Flushing, Queens
Melissa Alvarez, the chapter leader at John Bowne HS in Flushing, Queens, used the new dispute resolution process in the DOE-UFT contract to get a speedy response to a safety violation: no teacher assigned to the high school’s SAVE room.